Best DX9 card for AGPx2

[Randy]

Recomendations for the best DX9 card for an Abit SE6 with AGP 2x slot. This will be my second system for network gaming. (mostly racing) Under $200

 

[pIII_Man]

radeon 9700pro
radeon 9700
radeon 9500 pro
radeon 9500




If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
110% BX fanboy

 

[Spitfire_x86]

AFAIK, R300 series cards doesn't work with AGP 2x

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[Crashman]

Wrong, Tom's did their CPU charts using a 9700 Pro on boards all the way back to Socket 7.

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[Crashman]

9700Pro
9700
9500 Pro
9500

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[Spitfire_x86]

THG used GeForce4 Ti4600 with Socket 7. Is it for AGP 2x, or chipset incompatibility?

<A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/cpu_charts-03.html" target="_new">http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/cpu_charts-03.html</A>

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[cleeve]

Spitfire, it's the 9600 cards that will not work with AGP 2x.

Any 9700/9700 PRO/9500 PRO is your best bet.

Wouldn't bother with the 9500 non-pro unless you are poor, or a beting man (and want to chance the 9500-to-PRO mod).

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[Spitfire_x86]

Thanks!

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[Randy]

Has any body installed a 9500, 9700, or even a 9800 on a abit SE6?

 

[Crashman]

Ah, I missed that part. It would be due to chipset incompatability most likely. These VIA chipsets were notorious for AGP problems. They did however use the 9700 Pro on the BX, with supports only AGP 1.0

Intel's best chipset ever: Epox EP-BX7+ with 440BX and Socket 370.

And piii_man is running a 9500 on his old Slot 1 AGP 1.0 platform.

The only mainstream cards I know of that're not AGP 1.0 compliant is the 9600 series.

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[Randy]

The chipset is the Intel 815E

 

[Unolocogringo]

The 815 is AGP 1.0 and AGP2.0 which means it is AGP2x or AGP4x.

I aint signing nothing!!!

 

[Randy]

Thank you to all. Anybody have a link to 9500 mod?

 

[lwj81]

<A HREF="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/guide12.html" target="_new">http://reviews.designtechnica.com/guide12.html</A>

 

[Spitfire_x86]

What about Radeon 9800/9800XT cards? Do they work in AGP 2x mobo?

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[Crashman]

As far as I know they do.

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